Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Thursday, April 28, 2011 ________________


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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Sony: Credit data at risk in PlayStation hacking
Sony Corp. says that the credit card data of PlayStation users around the world may have been stolen in a hack that forced it to shut down its PlayStation Network for the past week, disconnecting 77 million user accounts.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Plan to join Hague pact on custody due in May
The government will announce in May a plan to join the Hague Convention, which deals with cross-border child custody rows, according to official sources.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tepco woman took three times radiation limit
Tokyo Electric Power Co. says that one of its female employees at the crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant was exposed to radiation exceeding three times the legal limit of 5 millisieverts in a three-month period.
[MORE] ->
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428a3.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Doctor symbol of disaster courage
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
90% of Tohoku's fishing fleet said lost
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Envoy to U.N. vows 'utmost' effort to share nuke crisis developments
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Fukushima city removing schools' topsoil
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Court questions exclusion of overseas Japanese from vote
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Thai guide admits slaying tourist, wounding another
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Daylight saving plan gets the ax
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Sendai Tanabata to be held as usual
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Prosecutor's prison term finalized
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428b3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tateyama sightseeing route opens
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428b4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Crisis bolsters unlikely Miyagi port-Tunisia ties
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Child organ transplants still face hurdles
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428f2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Nuke crisis medical response team learns hard lesson
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110428f3.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Supply disruptions to last until fall
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110428a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
State to hike share of quake payouts
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110428a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
More makers eye Tokyo Motor Show
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110428a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Thai Airways targets reluctant customers
MIHO ISHIHARA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110428a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
S&P cuts outlook on debt rating on disaster
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110428a5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Carmakers eyeing weekend production
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110428n1.html


OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Critical eye on Mr. Kan
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110428a1.html

[JT EDITORIAL]
Economy feels the effects
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110428a2.html

[OPINION]
Communication challenge
SADAAKI NUMATA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110428a1.html

[OPINION]
Beijing's troubling South China Sea policy
MICHAEL RICHARDSON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110428mr.html

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FEATURES
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[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Maharaja Company president Emiko Kothari
JUDIT KAWAGUCHI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110428jk.html

[LIFE & STYLE]
The well-orgnized rites of spring
JEAN SNOW
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fs20110428a2.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Outfielder Lillibridge helps ChiSox hold on to beat Yanks
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110428a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Karakawa strikes out 12 to tame Buffaloes
KAZ NAGATSUKA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110428j1.html

[SOCCER]
Manchester United stays on target for spot in final
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110428a1.html

[GOLF]
Ozaki to skip Hall of Fame ceremony
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110428a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Chicago's title defense ends with OT defeat
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sh20110428a1.html

[J.LEAGUE SOCCER]
Ogura seeks Blatter's aid for Copa
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sj20110428a1.html

[J.LEAGUE SOCCER]
Vegalta, HollyHock please fans with successful returns
ANDREW MCKIRDY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sj20110428n1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Bulls pummel Pacers in Game 5, reach East semis
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110428a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Rizing slip past Magic in opener
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110428b1.html


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